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 ====== Dunbar's number ====== ====== Dunbar's number ======
 **Dunbar's number** is [[Robin Dunbar]]'s proposed approximate limit to stable [[human]] social relationships, perhaps due to [[brain]] size. **Dunbar's number** is [[Robin Dunbar]]'s proposed approximate limit to stable [[human]] social relationships, perhaps due to [[brain]] size.
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 +===== Dunbar hacking =====
 +Presuming that Dunbar's number means that a person also likely only has room for a couple of people able to occupy specific domains.
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 +For example, people may only be able to place trust in so many experts in a specific domain.
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 +**Dunbar Hacking** is when an entity leverages this against people by replacing vital local resources with manufactured //parasocial relationships//.
  
 ===== Research ===== ===== Research =====
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